Suns' Garret Siler Assigned to NBA D-League Iowa Energy

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The Phoenix Suns knew Garret Siler was a project when they invited him to training camp this fall, and after seemingly doing everything they could in practice, Suns brass has decided to send Siler to the NBA D-League for the next stage in the big man's development.

Siler, a behemoth listed at 6-foot-11 and 305 pounds, will fly to Bismarck, North Dakota, to join the Suns' D-League affiliate Iowa Energy for a game against the Dakota Wizards on Monday night. It will be his first game action in nearly a month; the last time he had actual game action was in a Dec. 5 victory against the Washington Wizards where Siler scored three points and grabbed three rebounds in just three minutes of court time.

This will be the first regular-season game Siler's played in the D-League despite being the fifth overall pick prior to last season. That's because, after playing in the preseason with the Utah Flash, Siler decided to take a more lucrative offer last year with the Shanghai Sharks in China. Despite being a rookie out of NCAA Division 2 Augusta State, Siler averaged 14.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game while making an outstanding 75.7 percent of his field goal attempts.

 

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